Linkedin Misuse: ConPeople, Suitors, and Imposters

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We all have different reasons why we join different online platforms with Linkedin being one of them.

I first shared joined Facebook, three years later after my peers joined, to get in touch with my hosts in Canada. They wanted to share photos they took of us singing and asked me to create an account. Over the years, I have used it as a tool to address things that affect us as a society through blogs and short posts.

I joined Instagram and WhatsApp to stay connected with peers who ditched Facebook for a 'cooler' experience. Twitter followed to get updated on news: Twitter is my TV. I join dating sites when I want to date.

Linkedin, however, is a place to build my career. Period! This is through interacting PROFESSIONALLY with different people. Some end up being friends holding each to build our, again, Careers. This, just like any other platform may turn into something else after close interaction: Just like how a small percentage of people end up getting married in the workplace. This doesn't allow people to harass people in the workplace by making them uncomfortable: That is why there are laws and policies on the same.

The other misuse is, if I work for "A con entity", I will create a profile stating that I am a Quality Manager at e.g. Bidco if targeting desperate unemployed chemists, let's call one Woiye. Since I am very aware that jobs are hard to come by especially for science graduates, I will ask for a bribe to get you a Job at Bidco or some company that you probably qualify for. Woiye will lose someone's money and hope that there are good people and actual jobs out there.

Students and fresh graduates fall into the prey's paws more often than guys who have been conned enough: They smell them from far. Some ask for uniform money for waiter jobs, Others ask for application fees and a lot more Fees.

How to Spot a Linkedin Misuser

1. They do not use company email: Google is your friend. Find out the domain name for the company. Search to find similar people on Linkedin who work for the company. Some websites show the faces and names of people working there under 'Who we are' or "The Team'.
2. Follow your intuition: It's not a woman's thing but a us thing. Deep inside you, that something called intuition will tell you, ' This is BS', though not in those words.
3. No Legit Jobs needs some sort of money to be employed. If you heard of one who got it through paying for something, it's time to question if you want to be a person of no integrity. Nice people get good things: Ref Biden.
4. Do not engage in personal discussions with a stranger. It is not their business!!!
5. Look at posts they like, what they post, search for them through all social media platforms if you got the time to not get your time wasted.
6. If you are meeting them at their office, the probability of it being professional is 90%. If you are not meeting them at their office for a discussion about a job, the probability that it is not professional is 96%. ( My statistics, My story)
7. ? I am sure you have some insights too...

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